Scientists have been investigating how the brain makes decisions by participating in the storage of associations between different stimuli.

Humans are innately capable of recognizing other people they have seen before. This capability ultimately allows them to ...

A new study reveals how the brain determines whether a smell is pleasant or revolting, highlighting why scent evokes such strong emotional responses.

The scientists focused on the circuits in the central amygdala (CeL)—a brain region known to serve as an inhibitory gate on the downstream expression of fear responses—and found striking results.

Research from the Max Planck Florida Institute reveals that loss of the PTEN gene in inhibitory neurons within the amygdala ...